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Mortuary Mnemonics

Damon de la Cruz

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/52d. Total Eps: 25

A place to help Funeral Service Education Students study. We share mortuary science mnemonics that will help with classes, NEB and state exams. We also help licensed practitioner review concepts from the course they took while in school. This is a Tuesday Evening Publications production.

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HemoPTysis

Monday, April 22, 2024 • Duration 02:08

Hemoptysis

Here’s a mnemonic that I overheard in class one day.

It’s for the word Hemoptysis.

Hemoptysis is the coughing up or spitting of blood from one’s lungs. It can be a sign of a serious medical condition. It can be caused by infections such as tuberculosis, cancer, and problems in blood vessels in the lungs.

In my class hemoptysis is introduced with several other terms that are new but have similar meaning, epistaxis, melena and others. This creates a perfect occasion for a good mnemonic.

Here is the one that I heard: When you say hem-pt-ysis you can put an emphasis on the “pt” sound and create a sound that is similar to a “spitting” sound. Of course, spitting often includes involves sputum so the correlation is solid.

I hope this helps you manage some of the pathology terms to get you through the boards.

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Soupination

Saturday, December 30, 2023 • Duration 01:28

Here’s a quick mnemonic. It’s one of those anatomical directional terms. These are important for communicating with other professionals as they help to remove ambiguity.

Today’s term is supination, the rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward.

The mnemonic is Soupination. Imagine holding a bowl of soup in the palm of your hand. I suggest a gazpacho because it’s a not too hot to hold. To do this your hand would be in the supine position with the palm facing up.

Easy! Credit for this mortuary mnemonic goes to Ben.

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Spina Bifida

Season 2 · Episode 5

Saturday, April 8, 2023 • Duration 02:29

One of the conditions that you need to know for your career and the NBE is Spina Bifida. Spina Bifida is a condition that affects the spine, it’s typically observed in newborns. Spina bifida is an umbrella term that covers several different variations. You will need to memorize three of these and know how to treat them in the embalming room. The three conditions are Occulta, Meningocele, and Myelomeningocele.

Briefly, occulta is the least severe.

Meningocele is denoted by moderate severity Myelomeningocele is the most severe.

I know all of these names are a mouthful and you do need to know the condition associated with each but here a mnemonic to start you off. It’s a simple one, and hopefully that helps you along your path.

Occulta is the least severe and the shortest name

Meningocele is “middle severity” and the “middle length name

Myelomeningocele is the most severe and the longest name.

Additionally, the conditions names become more complex to pronounce, this also helps remember the complexity of the condition.

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Medial Malleolus

Season 2 · Episode 3

Saturday, March 11, 2023 • Duration 02:17

Hey there Funeral Service People, here’s a quick mnemonic for your vascular guides. As you know the vascular guides are important for locating and identifying the arteries that can be accessed for the purpose of embalming.

The guides are built off known anatomical structures. To successfully use the guides, you will need to know a lot of anatomy. This means there can be a lot to memorize. So, let’s add a mnemonic that will help make this a little easier.

The guide for the posterior tibial artery includes a structure called the Medial Malleolus. This is the boney protrusion that is found at the interior region of the ankle. Visualizing and, therefore, recalling where this structure can be difficult. Luckily for us the Star on Converse Chuck Taylor’s is sits right over the medial malleolus. I like to think that Mr. Taylor was fan of anatomy and struggled with the Medial Malleolus, otherwise the logo would be on the outside of the shoe where people could see it easily. So when you’re studying for an exam, quiz or the boards, take a look at your favorite pair of high-top sneakers with the, oddly place on the inside, logo. Personally, I prefer the black-on-black Chucks.

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T-Oxalates

Season 2 · Episode 3

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 • Duration 02:42

Today’s mnemonic covers anticoagulants. Its widely understood that aldehydes function best with modifying agents. Modifying agents are chemicals added to embalming solution that help decrease molecular cohesion, add moisture to tissue, add color to tissue and help decrease clots that can form in the vascular system. Clots will negatively impact the distribution of your arterial solution through the vascular system.

Anticoagulants use di-carboxylic acids to trap calcium so that it can’t interact with molecules in the vascular system and cause them to coagulate. You may recall that the development of anticoagulants included oxalates, citrates and chelating agents like EDTA. Oddly enough, at one point oxalates were favored but fell out of popular use because they were too toxic…I know it sounds funny to say something is too toxic for an embalming chemical. Anyhow, I’ve always thought that the words Oxalate and Toxic sound very similar, so I created a contraction that helps me remember that oxalates were toxic and are no longer favored. That contraction is T-oxalates.

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Cocci and Couscous

Season 2 · Episode 2

Saturday, January 21, 2023 • Duration 02:29

If you’re a Funeral Service Education student, then you need be familiar with Microbiology. Microbiology is one of those subjects that require a lot of memorization. Bacteria shapes are typically discussed at the beginning of the course. This tip is for the simplest shaped bacteria, cocci. You may be familiar with the North African dish made of tiny steamed balls of semolina flour called couscous. If you are you’ll have an easy time remember bacteria of a similar spherical shape are referred to as cocci.

If you eat couscous, cook some up and you’ll never forget cocci! If you aren’t familiar with couscous, I suggest giving it a try. It's got a lot of versatility and can accompany a wide variety of dishes. Plus exploring this food option will help you with your Funeral Service Microbiology!

Couscous is so good, they named it twice.

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Algor Mortis

Season 2 · Episode 1

Friday, January 6, 2023 • Duration 02:16

Postmortem chemical and physical changes can be so difficult to remember. Today’s mnemonic incorporates a Al Gore known for his role in the elucidation of Climate change through speeches and the popular movie released in 2006 An Inconvenient Truth.

The postmortem physical change we need to know is Algor mortis, AL- GOR mortis. Its the body’s acclimation to ambient temperature. It’s a change in temperature.

Al Gore’s global warming campaign was about a change in temperature! What a fun mnemonic, AL Gore and Algor two very different things that deal with temperature!,

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Genicular Arteries

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, November 11, 2022 • Duration 01:32

A two for one! Today we bridge anatomy and ceremonies. From your ceremonies class you probably learned the term genuflect. This refers to lowering of the body by bending a knee to the ground. This it often seen in ceremonies as a sign of worship.

In anatomy we refer to the six arteries that in the leg branch from the distal femoral and the popliteal arteries as the genicular arteries. Genicular is Latin for "knee."

There you have it! Genuflect and genicular arteries, both deal with the knee.

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The Postmortem pH shift

Thursday, October 27, 2022 • Duration 01:40

After death the body goes through many chemical and physical changes. One of these is termed the postmortem pH shift.

In the early postmortem phase the body becomes acidic. This is because of continued metabolism and the lack of elimination of waste. As time progresses the body becomes more alkaline (or basic) due to proteins breaking down and the liberation of nitrogen from amino acids.

So the postmortem pH shift is from Acidic to Basic or (and here’s the mnemonic) from A to B

I can’t stress strongly enough that its import to understand the chemical changes that are happening in a body to cause this but, Acid to Base or A to B is very helpful while you’re studying this topic.

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Canopic Jar Conundrum

Season 1 · Episode 3

Friday, October 21, 2022 • Duration 01:40

Here’s a mnemonic for your history class.

Ancient Egyptian embalming/mummification included canopic jars. These are containers that were used to store viscera that had been dried in natron that was not returned to the body.

There were four canopic jars and describes the tops of the jars as representative of the children of Horus. These are described as a jackal head, a human head, a hawk head and an ape head.

Each jar contained specific viscera. Here is where our mnemonic lies!!

The jar with the ape head contained the lungs….You may have seen video of an ape beating on its chest considered to be for mating or intimidation. Well, the lungs are right under where the ape is beating! So when I try to remember what viscera is in the canopic jar with an ape head, I just think about what I ‘ve seen apes to at the zoo and on TV.

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